Improvement in pastry-boards



A. GURNEY'.

Pastry-Boards.

', 157 233 Patented 0ec.1,1a74.

' THE SRAPNIC C0 PHOTO LITH 39l4-l PARK PLACE N Y UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIoE.

ALFRED GURNEY, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASS., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS,OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO ROBERT H. PIPER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PASTRY-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,283, dated December1, 1874; application filed March 6, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED GUENEY, of Newburyport, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Cake-Boards, of which the following is a descriptionsufliciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which my invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is an isometrical perspectiveview of my improved cake-board.

My invention relates more especially to portable cake-boards; andconsists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, ashereinafter more fully set forth, by which a neat, cheap, and convenientcake and pastry boa-rd is produced.

The extreme simplicity of my invention renders an elaborate descriptionunnecessary.

In the drawing, A is the platform or body of the board which is providedat each corner with rests -or legs D O. The rests G extend beyond theend of the board, and are formed into hooks or hangers, in which therolling-pin B is disposed when not in use. A drawer, E, provided withthe compartments a b c d, is fitted to slide on ledges attached to theinner sides of the rests D, the platform A forming a cover to thedrawer.

The screw-eye F is for suspending the board when not in use.

From the foregoing the nature and operation of my invention will bereadily understood by all conversant with such matters.

It it Well known to all housekeepers and practical cooks that when acake-board is required a rolling-pin is also necessary, and generally atthe same time spice salt, dredging- It is also essential that theplatform of the board should be considerably raised from the table onwhich it is placed, as the dough in kneading is liable to fall or lapover the sides of the board, which, if not raised above the table, willpermit it to become mixed with dirt and injure the bread.

The drawer E is for containing the dredgingflour, salt, &c., and, bymounting the roller B in the rests G, the articles most necessary foruse in this connection are placed in convenient combination, while, bymounting the platform of the board on the rests or legs (3 D, thedifficulties experienced when the platform rests directly upon a tableor other support are obviated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is As a new article ofmanufacture, a cakeboard, consisting of the board A, drawer E, straightfeet D, andprojecting hooked feet (3, all constructed and arranged asset forth.

' ALFRED GURNEY.

Witnesses:

O. P. VAY, EUGENE F. LEE.

